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The Lynx
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 07:50
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When someone sends you hundreds of emails with a fake addy?
This is happening to my friend.. He has about 9000 emails now, all from a different sender (obviously fake). He reported his ISP and they aren't doing crap..

What should he do?

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Kentaree
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 07:52
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I'd advise him to get a new e-mail address, and only notify the people he knows well and who e-mail him often.

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The Lynx
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 08:02
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Yes that's what he's done.. But do you know any way to unmask the sender? Thanks for the help .

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 08:14
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tell your friend to foward all those mails to the ceo of the isp company


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Neofish
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 08:16
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lol, hmm, anyway of getting his IP (IP trap maybe)?

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The Lynx
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 08:34
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Well, he's got the fellows IP, it appears the bloke was doing it through some website..

Anyone have IP 69.93.211.146?

Next step.. reporting.

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Neofish
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 08:40
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IF reporting doesn't work, check then use the IP to your advantage, email bomb him back (not illegal) or something

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The Lynx
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 08:44 Edited at: 3rd Aug 2004 08:50
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Well, his ISP is THEPLANET.. if it helps

And we need his email to re-bomb him..

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Hell Dragonz43
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 08:56
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Ok, heres what you can do. Every e-mail has a header. Do you know how to find the header? The header includes the persons's IP. CHeck the header to make sure thats him. Then try contacting (e-mail never really works... call them) your ISP. If they don't do anything, you may be able (if the e-mail has abusive stuff in it) report it to your local cops. Depends on how bad it is. If it includes thretening stuff, deffinitly contact your local poliece.
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 09:00
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if the IP is spoofed or he is using zombie machines via a trojan then there is nothing you can do really. If its spoofed the IP wont be his real IP. If its a Dspam then the zombie machines are unwitting participants. I'd think about this a little before bombing any IP you ee in the email headers. If this person thats spamming is doing this from an IP that can trace back to him then he is really really young, or really really stupid.


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Hell Dragonz43
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 09:21
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I had a problem with zombie trojans once. I got blasted from a number of random computers (about 300 or 400). Try changing your e-mail, that should stop it. If it doesn't, he probably has some kinda trojan on there that steals his e-mail. I didn't say to go bomb him though. You really shouldn't do that. Isn't it illegal?
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Mr Underhill
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Do you have a free-mail account like Hotmail?
I get tons of junk on Hotmail, but my fastmail account hasn't got one yet.

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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 17:39
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You could do an IP lookup which gives you the ISP he's using, then forward them all to that ISP's helpdesk with the subject "I believe these belong to you".

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yahoo is good but i still get a few e-mails every now and then asking me to buy cheap viagra

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Damokles
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2004 18:12
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Well, Pricey, did you buy it ?

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Posted: 5th Aug 2004 06:41
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lol at dam

im my post i suggested being careful first but meh, you should do the legal route first

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Lost in Thought
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I had that same e-mail problem. I found out my machine was sending the e-mails to itself. Norton 2003 PRO AntiV fixed it but only when I booted up in safe mode with the internet unplugged.

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